What proof? In the movie all we have is Anakin's words before they went to arrest Palpatine, Palpatine never said he was Sidious, and the Court never saw the proof.

It's not about Palpatine is a traitor or not, it's about the Jedi could arrest the chancellor without the permission of the Court/Senate and execute him without permission as well, so how are the rest of the Senate going to prevent it?

circumstances dictated that course of action from the jedi

And it wouldn't be too hard to prove that he started the war and was controlling both sides . . . and i think the senate and people wouldn't complain much if they knew that

What proof? In the movie all we have is Anakin's words before they went to arrest Palpatine, Palpatine never said he was Sidious, and the Court never saw the proof.

It's not about Palpatine is a traitor or not, it's about the Jedi could arrest the chancellor without the permission of the Court/Senate and execute him without permission as well, so how are the rest of the Senate going to prevent it?

Yes it is. If Palpatine wasn't a traitor/ Sith then they wouldn't have tried to kill him. Remember, they don't try to kill him until after he kills 3 Jedi Masters. Before that they were only going to arrest him.

And Mace is still saying "You are under arrest, My Lord" after that- it's not till Palpatine hits him with lightning that he finally starts saying "He controls the courts- he's too dangerous to be left alive".

Not sure what blasting him with Sith Lightning has to do with "controlling the courts" though.

And it wouldn't be too hard to prove that he started the war and was controlling both sides . . . and i think the senate and people wouldn't complain much if they knew that

What proof do they have?

No, it's not just "Palpatine is innocent or not", but the Jedi could arrest/execute anyone without the Senate/Court's permission, if they could do it to the chancellor, they could do it any of them as long as they think "this guy is bad", which is what people could not endure.

Yes it is. If Palpatine wasn't a traitor/ Sith then they wouldn't have tried to kill him. Remember, they don't try to kill him until after he kills 3 Jedi Masters. Before that they were only going to arrest him.

He did it with "self defense", the Jedi does not have the right to arrest the chancellor without the permission of the Senate/Court. Being a Sith does not break any law of the Republic.

Being the co-conspirator of Count Dooku, head of the Separatists, might though. In Labyrinth of Evil, Palpatine actually tells the Jedi "Do what you must to hunt this Darth Sidious down" after a small communication from Nute Gunray to Darth Sidious is found.

Being the co-conspirator of Count Dooku, head of the Separatists, might though. In Labyrinth of Evil, Palpatine actually tells the Jedi "Do what you must to hunt this Darth Sidious down" after a small communication from Nute Gunray to Darth Sidious is found.

What proof do they have of that? Palpatine never said he was Sidious before the masters, he didn't even admit he was Sith at all.

Even if they prove he is Sith, as long as they cannot tie him with Sidious, that's not enough for arrest, and they arranged it simply based on Anakin's words.

They don't have proof of Palpatine being Sidious - but they might have enough evidence to at least arrest him on.

What proof? Palpatine said it clear in the novel.

MACE WINDU: You're a Sith Lord!
PALPATINE: Am I? Even if true, that's hardly a crime. My philosophical outlook is a personal matter. In fact- the last time I read the Constitution, anyway-we have very strict laws against this type of persecution. So I ask you again: what is my alleged crime? How do you expect to justify your mutiny before the Senate? Or do you intend to arrest the Senate as well?

And they need to give the evidence to the Senate/Court then let them decide to arrest Palpatine or not, since Jedi does not have any special authority to arrest people, especially politicians. Of course Palpatine controlled both of them and has far greater political skills than the Jedi, so that's a dead end already.

And they need to give the evidence to the Senate/Court then let them decide to arrest Palpatine or not, since Jedi does not have any special authority to arrest people, especially politicians. Of course Palpatine controlled both of them and has far greater political skills than the Jedi, so that's a dead end already.

As part of the Judicial Forces- they have as much authority to arrest as any cop does.

They know Dooku was a Jedi and that he is now a Sith Lord (indeed Palpatine actually calls Dooku that)- someone must have trained him and be his boss- that would be Sidious.

Identifying Palpatine as Sidious comes with tagging him as partly responsible for everything the Confederacy's been doing- as well as being a traitor to the Republic.

Under Republic law, all Force-sensitives within the Republic are under the legal custody of the Jedi- which would include Palpatine, once the Jedi know that (as a Sith Lord) - he's a Force-Sensitive. Thus they can take him into custody if they're satisfied he's a danger to the public.

The Jedi aren't cops, for that matter. Did the SEALs need the Supreme Court's permission to go kill/capture Osama? No? There's your answer. Palpatine is 1) Darth Sidious by his own admission. 2) The Jedi know the Sith are behind the war and lead the Separatist movement. 3) By that, Palpatine is literally a traitor and also the enemy's leader. By any modern court (besides, of course, people on Star Wars forums who don't grasp government) this pretty well nullifies any protections Republic law might have afforded him.

Under Republic law, all Force-sensitives within the Republic are under the legal custody of the Jedi- which would include Palpatine, once the Jedi know that (as a Sith Lord) - he's a Force-Sensitive. Thus they can take him into custody if they're satisfied he's a danger to the public.

Where did it say? And they had no evidence to show he is a Sith before they decided to arrest him. Also he's not a child, but the chancellor with emergent power.

The Jedi aren't cops, for that matter. Did the SEALs need the Supreme Court's permission to go kill/capture Osama? No? There's your answer. Palpatine is 1) Darth Sidious by his own admission. 2) The Jedi know the Sith are behind the war and lead the Separatist movement. 3) By that, Palpatine is literally a traitor and also the enemy's leader. By any modern court (besides, of course, people on Star Wars forums who don't grasp government) this pretty well nullifies any protections Republic law might have afforded him.

The SEALs does need the Court's permission to arrest the President, of course, and Palpatine is the chancellor of the Republic with emergent power. It's just like arrest Truman before WWII is over.

No he didn't say he was Sidious so it's not going to tie with anything with the CIS.

"A trial would be a joke. He controls the courts. He controls the
Senate-"
"So are you going to kill all them, too? Like he said you would?"
Mace yanked his arm free. "He's too dangerous to be left alive. If you
could have taken Dooku alive, would you have?"

So Windu wanted to kill Palpatine not because he's a powerful Sith Lord, but the Senate/Court would not listen to the Jedi.

Where? Sidious never had any direct business with CIS. He mostly use Dooku for that.

he had loads of direct business with everyone. Given enough time all of his and Plagueis's dealings would be brought to light, everything from the Confederacy formation, clone army production, etc etc

He simply commanded CIS as Darth Sidious, he used Dooku to form the CIS and Plagueis used Sifo Dyas for the Clone Army.

exactly . . . and it could have been easily back tracked to show his guilt . . . i don't see the problem you are having.

preceding ROTS the Jedi had almost discovered Palpatine/Sidious's identity ALREADY, without any obvious clues. That was why he ordered Grievous to attack coruscant, to distract the jedi, because they would have discovered his identity within hours.

Obviously proving his links to all the evil he had done would not be difficult at all, sure it would be awkward at first to explain why they killed the Chancellor, but there would be no serious resistance in the long term